Corkscrew



GORKSCREW Original Filed May 2, 1931 bined bottle cork-screw and supporttherefor.

Patented Jan. 15, 1935 PATENT i OFFICE CORKSCREW,

Henry G. Thompson, East Cleveland, Ohio Original application May 2,1931, Serial No.

534,593. Divided and this application. Septemher 19, 1933, Serial No.690,153

7 Claims.

This invention is adivision of my copending application, Serial No.534,593, filed May 2nd, 1931, issued as Patent No. 1,930,492 of Oct. 17,1933. The present invention relates to a com- A primary object of theinvention is to provide a simple and efficient device of this character,which may be mounted on a wall or other suit-, able supporting surface,and which device may be conveniently used for withdrawing corks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combination cork screwand support-therefor having a minimum number of parts, which parts maybe very simple in construction,.may be, economically manufactured andeasily assembled, and will result in a very durable structure.

Pocket or portable cork-screws have well recognized disadvantages, amongwhich may be mentioned that they are easily misplaced and thus arefrequently not, available at the place desired, and their use issometimes difficult and sometimes breaks up the cork, resulting in chipspassing into the contents of the bottle, while at 1 other times the corkis extracted so vigorously as to spill the contents. To avoid thesedifiiculties attached cork extracting devices have been used, but theyhave usually. comprised a number of cooperating parts and have been 1comparatively expensive to manufacture.

.ufactured so cheaply that it can be retailed profitably at a very lowprice. Notwithstanding the low cost, my cork screw, when once installed,is very effective in operation and durable in service.

In carrying out the above objects, the invention is susceptible of awide range of modifications, without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention; there beingshown in the drawing for illustrative purposes a preferred and practicalform in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my cork screw and itssupport, showing a bottle and cork; Fig. 2 is a plan view of myinvention; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Figs. 4 and, 5 are crosssectionstaken on the lines 4-4 and 55 respectively of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a planview and Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on the lines 66 of Fig.3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 indicates a metal stamping formedwith two mounting plates or wings 11, said plates being adapted to besecured to any wall or suitable surface by any suitable. securingmembers, such as screws 12. The metal between these wings or plates isstamped outwardly to form triangular shaped side walls and 15, whichextend outwardly at right angles from the mounting plates and terminatein an arcuate bridge or covering wall 17. The side walls 15' and 16,together with the bridge or covering. wall 1'1, form a U shaped guard18, which extends downwardly and outwardly from the top of the wings 11.The guard 18 is open at-its base. The opening at the rear of the guardis covered, when the device is in use, by the wall or other surface towhich the device is secured. Adjacent its upper edge. the covering wall1'7v is provided with two slits 19 and 20. The metal between these slitsis forced downwardly, out of the plane of the covering wall, andstretched somewhat to form an arcuate hanger 21,' which extends within.the recess, formed by the guard 18.

A cork-screw 22 extends into the recess formed by the, guard 18-and hasits upper end formed into a ring or loop 23 which embraces the hanger21. There is sufficient play or looseness between the corkscrew 22 andthe hanger 21 to permit the corkscrew to pivot freely on thehangerbetween the side walls 15 and 16 of the guard 18, as well as between thecovering wall of the guard and the surface-to which the device issecured. The covering wall 17 of the guard 18 extends downwardly, somedistance from the hanger 2-1 and is bent over atits lower edgev to forrna lip 25, which, together with the sur face to which the deviceis-secured, and the, side walls l5-and 16 of the guard, limitthe angularmovement. As thedevice is normally secured to a substantiallyverticallyextending wall or surface it results, from the construction ofthe guard, that when the cork is being withdrawn from a bottle, suchbottle must be in a substantially vertical position. In the specifiedform shown in the drawing, I have limited the tilting of the bottle toapproximately thirty degrees from the vertical, as I find that such anangle eliminates, for practical purposes, the spilling of the contentsof the bottle while removing the cork therefrom.

The U shaped guard 18 provides a structure which is extremely rigid andwhich will withstand much abuse without becoming distorted. It will alsobe noted that the pivot 21, which supports the cork screw, is anintegral part of the guard. In devices of this nature, which have beenin use in the past, pins were used as pivots. The pivot ends of suchpins passed through the supporting structure and were flattened orriveted to the structure. In devices of such a character, the rivetsoften, under the influence of a sudden shock, tore loose from thesupporting structure, with the result that the contents of the bottlewas spilled and damage to rugs, furniture, etc. was done. My improvedstructure eliminates such possibilities and thereby prevents suchresultant damage. It will likewise be noted that the recess between theside walls 15 and 16 of the guard is considerably greater than the widthof.the cork screw. Likewise, the pivot 21 is arcuately shaped to permitthe cork screw tofreely rock ina plane:

parallel with the pivot, that is, transversely of the recess formed bythe guard 19. This transverse rocking or pivoting movement is of greateradvantage, as it is difficult to use such a device and maintain thedirection of the pull normal to a horizontal line extending through thepivot. My improved device is so constructed that the cork screw mayfreely rock to compensate for such irregularities in the direction .ofthe force applied and hence lessens the strains on .the device andpractically eliminates the bending of the cork screw.

Another feature of my invention is the fact that the design'has no sharpprojecting points, which anyone would ordinarily come in contact with.The cork screw being freely pivoted within the casing, always hangs whennot in use, flat to the supporting surface. The cork screw is also somade and hung that the point always lies flat against the supportingsurface, so that there is no possibility of tearing clothing orscratching ones hands.

Thus, it will be seen that I have disclosed a very simple cork screw andsupport therefor, or which can be made very simply and economically andyet one which is rigid, durable and which will readily withstandexcessive strains. The supportand pivot for the cork screw are aone-piece metal stamping, which can be readily formed by one operation.Thus I have provided a support -or hanger on which ordinary type corkscrew is' pivoted, which, together with the cork screw, consists of onlytwo pieces, and which device is readily attached to a wall-or similarsurface.

1. In a cork extracting device, the combination of a support, comprisingtwo base portions lying in thesame plane, two portions extendingoutwardly from the inner edges of the base portions, "and a portionconnecting the outwardly extending portions, and a corkscrew having ashank extending into the space between the outwardly projecting portionsof the support and secured to said support.

2. The combination of a sheet metal support, having a base forattachment to a surface, spaced-apart walls extending from said base, anarcuate bridge wall connecting said side walls and having a narrow stripthereof depressed downwardly of the plane of the bridge, and a corkscrew pivotally mounted on said strip and housed between said walls.

3. The combination of a base plate adapted to be secured to a flatsurface, said base plate having a U shaped forwardly projecting portionclosed at its upper and outwardly facing surfaces by the curved wall ofthe U, said U shaped portion being open at its base, and having aportion of the curved wall of the U depressed to form a pivot, and acork screw extending between the side walls of the U and loosely mountedon said pivot and extending below the lowermost extremity of the Ushaped portion of the plate.

4. The combination of a base plate adapted to be secured to a flatsurface, said base plate having a hollow forwardly projecting portioncomprising two side walls and a top connecting wall, a member bent infrom the top connecting wall adjacent the top of the base plate, and acork screw pivotally mounted upon said member, whereby the cork screw isadapted to lie adjacent the base plate and is protected by the forwardlyprojecting portion.

5. The combination of a support made of a single integral sheet metalmember having two base portions lying in the same plane, two paralleloutwardly extending portions leading from the inner edges of the baseportions and a top portion connecting the outwardly extending portions,and a corkscrew pivotally carried by the support having its shankoccupying the space between the outwardly extending portions and belowthe top portions.

6. The combination of a support having a base for attachment to asurface, spaced-apart walls extending outwardly from the base, a topmember integral with and connecting said walls, the lower portion ofsaid walls being formed to present downwardly facing jaws and acorkscrew having a shank extending between said walls and pivotallyconnected thereto.

'7. The combination of a support having a base for attachment to asurface, spaced-apart walls extending outwardly from the base, anarcuate top across said walls, a portion of said top pressed below therest of said top in the form of a strap and a cork screw pivotallycarried by said strap.

I HENRY G. THOMPSON.

